Portland Toilet Locator

Downtown Portland restrooms are available to the general public at thirteen locations. These include Portland Loos, Parks facilities, and restrooms in public buildings. A unique “public restroom” is privately owned and operated by the Portland Rescue Mission. A restroom complex that serves the Portland Saturday Market on weekends consists of a two large portable units west of 1st Avenue as well as portapotties east of it.

Portland Loos

Portland Loos are found on sidewalks and parks at six locations. All are open 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

These restrooms are opened by the cleaning staff, so the opening times of 8 am to midnight may vary slightly, based on condition and need for cleaning of these and other restrooms on their morning route.

Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union at 1825 SW Broadway and all other buildings during opening hours.

Gender Neutral Restrooms

Unisex toilet rooms are specified in the PHLUSH Public Restroom Design Principles. Gender-neutral restrooms eliminate the semi-public space between the the stall and public areas where bullying and harassment may occur. Direct access from a public space into the restroom does not put transsexual people or those “transitioning” into danger. Portland Loos are gender-neutral and safe. Portland State University has a number of gender neutral facilities, including on the Mezzanine of Smith Memorial Union. See map below.

More on Finding a Public Restroom

Bicycle rack-signs Historic Comfort Stations in Chapman and Lownsdale Parks feature not only the familiar ADA compliant blue and white signs, but are identified by purpose-designed blue bicycle racks.

Window Signs Found in the windows of many Portland Old Town Chinatown businesses are distinctive blue and white signs with public toilet locations and opening hours. In addition, the Neighborhood Association in the district has distributed toilet locator post cards. Signs and postcards resulted from a modest project called Telling Portland Visitors Where to Go.

Sit or Squat Sit or Squathas developed a global applications for iPhone and Android. The online locator system invites users to upload restroom photo and enter data on location, features, opening hours, and numbers to call if maintenance is required. The application mixes privately-owned facilities in businesses with government owned and operated restrooms and does not clearly distinguish the later.

Restroom Mapping In 2011, PSU geography student Chris Smitherman created a clickable GPS map of downtown restrooms. Noah Sager is working on a comprehensive map of tax-supported and business toilets that are available to the public in Chicago. Australia’s National Public Toilet Map is a nationwide map of true public toilets, ie publicly owned toilets at parks, nature reserves, railway stations and highway rest stops. Includes for each facility opening hours, features, GPS coordinates, and contact information for local government agency responsible. Toilet finder with features, lists all toilets along a walking or driving route, a personalized trip save feature. The Map is a project of the national Continence Management Strategy of the Austraian Government’s Department of Health and Ageing.